Château Berliquet
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2016 Château Berliquet, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2016
Ready - youthful
Full Bodied
Dry
14.5% Alcohol
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2021 Château Berliquet, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2021
Not ready
Full Bodied
Dry
13.5% Alcohol
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2018 Château Berliquet, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2018
Ready - youthful
Full Bodied
Dry
14.5% Alcohol
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2017 Château Berliquet, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2017
Ready - youthful
Full Bodied
Dry
14.0% Alcohol
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2012 Château Berliquet, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2012
Ready - at best
Full Bodied
Dry
13.5% Alcohol
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2019 Château Berliquet, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2019
Not ready
Full Bodied
Dry
14.5% Alcohol
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2020 Château Berliquet, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2020
Not ready
Full Bodied
Dry
14.5% Alcohol
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2022 Château Berliquet, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2022
Not ready
Full Bodied
Dry
13.5% Alcohol
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Ch. Berliquet comprises a square, 10-hectare handkerchief of St Emilion vineyard, surrounded on three sides by Ch. Canon’s vines. Its long history dates back to the 1740s, making it one of the appellation’s oldest vineyards. It is a Grand Cru Classé.
Until as recently as the 1970s, Ch. Berliquet's wine was made by the local co-operative. The quality was good but rather unexciting. Since 1978, the wine has been vinified and matured at the château and has improved beyond recognition.
In 2017, Ch. Berliquet was bought by Chanel, who brought in winemaker Nicolas Audebert to further refine the estate’s offering. Nicolas brought with him a wealth of experience, most recently from a decade in Argentina where he oversaw the Cheval des Andes project (a collaboration between Ch. Cheval Blanc and Terrazas de los Andes).
Nicolas brought in mapping and terroir specialists Géocarta and Kees Van Leeuwen to create a soil survey of the vineyard. Based on this deep knowledge of the clay-limestone plateau, and clay and sand slopes, Nicolas has formulated phased plans to variously grub up, replant and co-plant areas of the vineyard.
“We’ll replant a third of the vineyard with more Cabernet Franc than Merlot,” explains Nicolas. “We really consider that the terroir can bring Cabernet Franc to the highest expression of fruit, elegance and precision.”
In the winery, vinification takes place in stainless-steel tanks. The wines are aged for 16 months in oak, with 50% new barrels. The cellars have been carefully renovated in recent years.
You can read an interview with Ch. Berliquet’s winemaker Nicolas Audebert here.
Ch. Berliquet has made a strong commitment to working sustainability. In addition to introducing environmentally responsible practices in the winery, they have recently planted hedges, grasses, walnut trees and introduced green corridors to increase biodiversity.